Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:13:40 -0800 (PST) From: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@freebsd.org> To: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: R: Setting up xorg, the quick and dirty method (was "Removal of sysinstall from HEAD and lack of a post-install configuration tool") Message-ID: <1325200420.23680.YahooMailClassic@web113503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGH67wS66Zh23%2B6aNX%2ByjbsoCuHyy4aGMnAVQ6Uoach5N14=3g@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Garrett;=0A=0A--- Gio 29/12/11, Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> ha s= critto:=0A...=0A> >=0A> > Getting X11 to run on virtualbox from a FreeBSD 9= .0=0A> > CD installation is pretty much a nightmare. Is there=0A> > somethi= ng about it in the users handbook? A wiki page=0A> > about setting up X11 o= n FreeBSD would do it too.=0A> > Perhaps we should write one.=0A> =0A> Ther= e is a chapter in the handbook [1], but what I've=0A> learned from the last= go-around setting up X11 4 months=0A> ago, is that it's smart to do:=0A> = =0A> cd x11/xorg=0A> make config-recursive=0A> make install=0A> # An hour o= r so passes by on a fast machine=0A=0AThis is the part I specifically want = to avoid. No=0Aone downloads a DVD to have to build X11 as a port.=0A=0A=0A= > echo 'dbus_enable=3D"YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf=0A> echo 'hald_enable=3D"YES"'= >> /etc/rc.conf=0A=0AOf course this I can do but it's something=0Athe pack= age should do.=0A=0A> service dbus start=0A> service hald start=0A> startx= =0A>=0A=0AUnfortunately this is usually not enough. In the=0Acase of Virtua= lBox, you have to check this:=0Ahttp://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox=0A=0AThe= HAL part is not at all obvious and it is not=0Afun to have to check this s= tuff on the web.=0A=0AFor those on this list wondering ... I am not=0Acompl= aining, I was just commenting how horribly=0Adifficult it became to install= FreeBSD and X11=0Acompared to the past when everything would install=0Afin= e with one floppy and no documentation ;).=0A=0AI moved to PC-BSD.=0A=0APed= ro. =0A
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